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Adams was born in Normal, Illinois and attended Illinois State University.

Biographical and Professional Information

Adams is a paranormal romance novelist. She also has worked as a paralegal as office work provided a living while she pursued the goal of becoming a novelist. Forming the partnership with Cathy Clamp was the catalyst that led to publication. Cie provides a wildly vivid imagination, while Cathy's editing, and business acumen gives the partnership the impetus to get writing projects off of the "drawing board" and into the hands of the readers. The partners have two books currently accepted for publication. They look forward to a long and happy collaborative relationship, having plans for two multi-book series and several individual works on their way to completion.

Published Works

Road to Riches: The Great Railroad Race to Aspen, Western Reflections Publishing Company, 2003 - written with Cathy ClampTales of the Sazi Series: - written with Cathy Clamp

After suddenly developing psychic powers, Tony Giodone, a werewolf assassin-for-hire, matches wits with a terrifying adversary who is stalking and killing female shapeshifters after stealing their powers, when the girlfriend of Tony's former boss, a Mafia don, is kidnapped by the killer.

After one of his tigers is stolen and killed during a trip to Stuttgart, Sazi councilmember and entertainer Antoine Monier finds Tahira Kuric, a lovely Turkish-American shapeshifter from the rival clan Hayalet Kabile, in police custody in tiger form, but despite their animosity, they are forced into an alliance to bring down a rogue shapeshifter out to destroy the Sazi. Original.

Raphael, a wolf, is a former agent of the shape-shifter secret police, "assigned to help the victim of a hideous crime -- a woman who has been attacked by a serial killer and accidentally turned into a were-jaguar. Worse yet, Catherine turns out to be Raphael's fated mate ... in this tale of obsession, revenge, lust, pack politics, and true love."--Back cover.

Cara Salinas, the leader of a small Mexican red-wolf pack in Tedford County, Texas, butts heads with Adam Bueller, a one-time Minneapolis beat cop and now the new county sheriff, when he tries to integrate his exiled Minnesotan wolves with Cara's red wolves, a situation complicated by Sazi raptors who are feeding on the wolf-children of both packs.

One of the most powerful Sazi in existence, Josette Monier lives in self-imposed exile. What she has experienced lies beyond the scope of the Sazi, for her mate is in love with someone else. Josette must set aside her personal pain and save her people--and perhaps save herself and find love again. Original.

Betrayed by her former lover and falling victim to the bite of the Thrall, Katie Reilly finds herself transformed by the bite that has enhanced her natural psychic abilities and placed her in line to become queen of the parasitic Thrall, only to find herself falling for a handsome firefighter--and werewolf--who could hold the key to her salvation.

As if dealing with the members of her werewolf boyfriend Tom's pack--who are trying to break them up--is not enough, Kate Reilly finds herself targeted by a serial killer who plans to make her his next victim, accused of a series of murders she did not commit, and pursued by the parasitic Thrall vampires, who want her to investigate the killings of their young. Original.

As they prepare for their marriage, Katie and Tom find the upcoming ceremony threatened by Tom's werewolf former girlfriend who is stalking Katie, Katie's hostile brothers, a freak blizzard, the latest schemes of the Thrall, and her dead former fiancé, who may not be so dead after all, in the sequel to Touch of Madness and Touch of Evil.

Talos is a magic wielder, born into the mage guild of firecrafters. As an agent of the Overworld Police, he has come from a secret land to protect Earth from magicians intent on enslaving humanity. Mila has always had the gift of healing. But this very modern woman never realized that her skill was born of an ancient magic that only firecraft can fully unlock. Together, Tal and Mila discover that the source of their powers is in unity. Love's shining light might burn them alive protecting the magic of the world, but if the Tree of Life dies, and all the magic in the world is extinguished.